Appeal No. 1999-0246
Application 08/641,629
his position on this matter, relying now on Smitt and Heptig
for the electronic key and physical key, respectively. 2
Heptig discloses security apparatus including an
electronic key 14 and a jack 16 for controlling access to the
data and programs in a personal computer. The key 14 contains
coding identifying a unique user (col. 5, ll. 33-36). One or
more of the keys 14 are encoded as a "system master" or
administrator level key, and the remaining keys are encoded as
user level keys (col. 5, ll. 38-40). Figures 13a-f are
display menus
representing the administrative functions that can be
performed
when a valid administrative key is detected as present in the
jack (col. 16, ll. 13-15). Specifically, Figure 13a is the
FIRMLOC Main Utility Menu. Figure 13b is the User/Key Utility
Menu, which includes Show Users, Add User to System, Delete
User from System, and Read Key. Figure 13c is the System
Datalog File Utility Menu, which includes Read Access Allowed
Log, Read Access Denied Log, Read Boot-Up Log, and Return to
2Appellants did not file a reply brief addressing this
change or any of the other changes in the examiner's
explanation of the rejection.
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